Posted by VaTom on April 05, 2015 at 08:43:33 from (70.32.193.64):
In Reply to: Re: Plugging a tire posted by Chris Jones on April 05, 2015 at 08:03:13:
Oddly, the shops who completely refused me lesser tires were also the most expensive for the V tires... Close to $1000. I suppose that sales pitch works for them sometimes. The successful shop offered lesser tires, for more money. Apparently my timing was good, and I wanted to leave for Florida the next day, NOT with 2 bald tires.
I got far more education about performance tires than I ever wanted, shopping for a pair of tires. As I understand it, part of the design was a softer rubber. Speed rating is only one factor. And it's not like you can drive all day at the max speed and expect the tire to survive.
Heavy rain on I-95, these tires felt great at 80 mph. Didn't hydroplane.
Hadn't had a car since I parked my rusty Alfa almost 20 yrs ago. If you're gonna buy a car, might as well have some fun, right? We've been driving full-size vans, with mud tires on the back. Our driveway rises 400' elevation to the house. Four matching tires on the vans would have been wrong. Our driveway was not exactly what Audi engineers had in mind when designing that car, with 4 1/4" of ground clearance. But on that car matching tires is important.
Here's the muffler garden at the house. I always ask guests if they made a contribution.
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